Spotted Thick-knee

For the One Night Stand - Nature Photography

The spotted thick-knee also known as the spotted dikkop or Cape thick-knee, is a stone-curlew in the family Burhinidae. It is native to tropical regions of central and southern Africa. (Wikipedia)

This Spotted Thick-knee is sitting on a nest. She blends in so with her surrounds that you hadly notice her!

Alternate capture: http://365project.org/salza/extras/2015-11-13

[Rosie Kind]

She's lovely and this is a gorgeous shot - Fav I haven't heard of them before so it's nice to see an unusual bird

[colinbarber013]

Great capture.

[gloria jones]

Great capture, details, textures

[Louise & Ken]

What brilliant (as in very clever!) colouration she has! This is a wonderful photo!

[Gillian]

So THAT's a dikkop! Heavens! The things I learn on 365! Great shot for Nature!

[Anja]

Great capture!

[Babs]

What a fabulous bird and love the focus.

[Yeshanghai]

Instant fav

[Yao RL]

She is in red alert. what a beautiful bird and a beautiful shot.

[Kate Goring]

That eye is scary intense! Fabulous shot, you captured such clarity.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great catch and excellent shot!

[Gena Pegg]

WOW...love the eye!!! Wonderful detail.

[Call me Joe]

Oh what a sweet capture:)!

[Sam]

These birds are so amazing to watch!

[Leana Niemand]

They are lovely, and what a great shot.

[Heather (pixelchix)]

Oh she's beautiful with those yellow eyes and stripes of black and white, and what a funny name! Nice capture!

[Melody]

Great capture. She has such pretty colouring & markings. She's keeping that bright yellow eye trained on you!